NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1719, 9 April 1913, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

UNIONISTS ON "VICTIMISATION. 1 ' DISMISSAL OF FORTY MEN; Aucklandi April 7, Tho Auckland Waterside "Workerr Union has been asked not to liaudlo cement from the .Warkworth Ceilienl) Company, it being alleged that members of the Cement Workers' Union nfliliatcd, to the Federation of Labour have beett subject to victimisation.. The union look a ballot' on the ques« . lion of seceding from tho federation, Tho proposal was rejected by 97 (o 17# after which 40 men were dismissed by the company, including the secretary of the union, on I lie ground of slackness of work, though the union states that vlica work was again brisk other men. werq taken on in their placcs, ■ The company asserts that tho men were dispensed with owing to real slack- ; ness of work, and victimisation is denied, The secretary of the Watersiders' \ leaves for Warkworth to-day to hiycstu gale the allegations, THE GI3BORNE HOSPITAL. i Gisborne, April 8. A deputation from tho British Medical Association requested the Hospital Board to appoint all honorary staff to the hospital. Consideration was deferred. UMUTAOROA FIRE. Dannevirkc, April 8. A six-roomed houso' in the bankrupt estate of John O'Connor, at present beiiig administered by tluv Deputy-Official Assignee, ivas destroyed by fire at Umutaoroa on Sunday night. O'Connor and Ilia family 'were absent, and a.son, on return., ing home from a Territorial parade, found the pl.ico in flames. The'building was insured for .£l5O and the furniture (hamkd back to bankrupt by the creditors) for JBIOO in the Victoria Office* The origin of the lire is unknown. AUCKLAND'S PORT FINANCE. Auckland, April 8. "Our financial operations for 1912 'con« stituto a record,'" said tho chairman ol tho Auckland Harbour Board (Mr. .1. Gunsou) this afternoon, in moving tho provisional adoption of tlic bakuce-sheet as at December 31, 1912, and Ihe statements of acoounts as submitted at today's meeting. Tho revenue account, the chairman explained, showed from all . sources the total to lie £100,527. 3s. M, After the payment of fixed charges, maintenance-, working expenses, and interest ou leans, and also making a further deduc tion of .£29,398 Is. Id. for depreciation, there was a credit balance, of <£2Gi899.135, 3d., which had been transferred to . the appropriation account. OCCUPANTS JUST ESCAPE. Wanganui, April 8. A tan-roomed house situated on Sti John's Hill, owned and occupied bv Edward Tingsy, was totally, destroyed by fire at 2..1 D a.m., together with, tho contents. The fire had a good hold when it was discovered, and tho ' occupants escaped in their night clothes, being unablo to save anything. Tho insurances were: On tho building, £750 in the New Zealand Office; on,contents; £400.in tho Commercial and £250 in tho Norwich. COMPENSATION CASE. Auckland,. April 8. A number of claims fm compensation were dealt, with at the Arbitration Court to-duy. Judgment by consent for £2!3 Bs. 2d. was given in tha.caso in which' 1 ' John Carr Broughton claimed compensation from tlie' "Northern Mail"- Company, Whangarei, for' injuries received, while attending to a printing machine last'.August. ' Costs amounting to £1 7s. were allowed. OWriS TO PECULATION. Auckland, April 8. Charles-Gilbert Moreland was charged at tho Polico Court with theft at Napier of £3 .Bs. 9d., the property of the Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurauco Company. The police stated that accussd had , admitted ueculntions amounting to £[>(L Accuse:!' /vrasj 'remanded' 'to' Napier, tail ■'' being fixed at ono surety' of £109 and"" . two at £59 each. ' ... ' : GROCERS A THEIR BOOKS.';'' Auckland, April 7. On a chargc of having failed to keep proper books of account arising out of i bankruptcy, Herbert Montague llerdson > and Francis Reginald Simmonds were today committed for trial. Defendants had been trading as grocers at, Pcnsjuby. STOWAWAYS ON MAHENO. Auckland, April 7. The two men who ha\l stowed away on tho steamer Malieno from Sydney were ■ to-day sentenced to one month's imprison-.- , mcnt. ■ ' ' FOUR FIRES IN ;A WEEK. . Whangarei, April 7. Another fire, the fourth within a week, brake, out oil Saturday evening Ai a saddlior's shop occupied by Mr. Naughton. The ship was practically gutted. In the adjoining shops of Mr. Voice and Messrs. M'Cready and Hamshaw, damago' was caused by water and smoke. Mr,'A. Fin! arson is owner, of both Voice's and, • Naughton's shops. There is an insurance • policy of £275 on cacli with the Alliance ofiicc. Nauglitou's stock wus insured for • ' £100 in this Victoria office, and Voice's for £101 in the Alliance office. Tho slock • , of M'Cready and Hamshaw is insured for £190 ill the Alliance office. ' THEFT OF A PENNY. . Hamilton, March 7. A small boy, ten years of age, waS ; brought before Mr. Rawson, S.M., charged with entering a dwelling and stealing , one penny. After bejng severely cautioned by the magistrate' he was dis- •, charged. His Worship remarked that it was an unfortunate .thing that the matter ; had been brought under the notice of tho ■ police as, had the boy's father been notified in the first 'place, the boy would probably 1 have been chastised and thus ' would have received sufficient correction., REFERRED FOR REPORT. 1 Christchurch, April'o. 1 Tho Hon. A. L. Herdmau, Minister for ' i Justice, has telegraphed to Mr. R. Hampton, of the Addington Workshops, as follows Your telegram of yesterday forwarding the resolution passed at a meeting of' tho Addington Workshops employ ees in reference to tho prosecution of Mr, C. L. Beary has been, received by me and , referred to the Commissioner of Police for his consideration and report." NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH. Gore, April G. . The foundation-stone of a new Roman Catholic Church, to cost £8990 when completed,, was laid this afternoon by Bishop Vcrdon, of Dunedin. Half tho ' church is to bo built in tho meantime at nil estimated expenditure ( of . £100(1, and it is expected that a year licnw', when the building is ready, it will be clear of debt. The sum id' £GO9 was collected this morning and afternoon. ; The sum of £599 has been collected since the building was commenced .8 few months :i;;o, and a good sum was iu, hand before the commencement; ' . • " CHARGE OF ASSAULT. Groynieuth, April 7. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, .Jack Anderson, a rcccufc a nival ivom South Wales, was committed tor trial on . a. charge of ossasltinff Ernest Woods at Blackbal'. ■ The. two had an altercation c-arlv on Satiirdav. The same afternoon, it was allw.l, Andcison entered a hotel bar wlicro Wood* was standi:',;;, and etruck him uu the jaw with a tumbler and knocked 'him senseless. Th» wound reciuirrd ten ' stiiehes. When m -irehed, a., icvulvcr was found in iluci>. ail's pui-ki'V. Bail was uibivcd.